South Sydney coach Jason Demetriou has declared veteran half Cody Walker ‘the best five-eighth in the game’ on the again of a glowing efficiency to demolish the Dolphins 36-14.
After being down 14-6 at halftime – and struggling to get superstars Walker and Latrell Mitchell into the sport – the Rabbitohs turned issues round after the break, scoring 30 unanswered factors.
Walker was on the coronary heart of all the pieces, with one more strive, three assists, and kicking sensationally for 245 metres, main Cooper Cronk to say on Fox League within the second half: “Time basically freezes for Cody down the left edge … He is torturing the right edge of the Dolphins. Cody Walker has all the tricks. He is on fire at the moment!”
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After the sport, Demetriou declared: “I’ve said it before, when he gets himself in the game like he does, he’s the best five-eighth in the game. He’s a pleasure to coach when he’s in that kind of mood.”
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Demetriou mentioned that throughout the first half: “We weren’t able to get the ball into his and Latrell’s hands. That’s what we spoke about at half time.
“If we front load our energy and get field position, then we get the ball in Latrell and Cody’s hands and we get to see what they can do.”
Dolphins boss Bennett – who had mentioned within the lead-up to the sport: “Cody (Walker) is one of the most skilful players that I coached.”
After the sport, he struggled to be fairly as complimentary. Asked about Walker’s brilliance, he had simply two phrases to supply: “Yeah sure.” After a prolonged pause, he added: “We done?”
But Demetriou admitted his crew nonetheless has an extended option to go this season.
“I think we’re lukewarm,” he mentioned. “There’s still a fair bit to go yet … we’re building in the way we want to be but we’ve got some really tough games coming up and we’ve got some areas we need to improve in if we want to get the result in those.”
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